Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Book Tour + Review + #Giveaway: Eliza: The Awakening by Eileen Sheehan @RoxanneRhoads



Severed Finger Sugar Cookies


Ingredients:

2 ¾ c. flour; 
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
1 x. softened butter
1 ½ c. sugar
1 egg
1tsp vanilla extract

Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

In medium bowl, cream butter with sugar and add egg and vanilla.  

Then, add flour and baking powder and baking soda.  
Using fork or spatula, until well mixed and texture of breadcrumbs. 

Squeeze handful of dough crumbs together tightly to form small log or "finger." 

Score top of log with butter knife to shape the knuckle, then press 1 slivered almond at one end to make the fingernail. Repeat to use up dough. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Bake 15 minutes. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

Eliza: The Awakening
Book One
Eileen Sheehan

Genre: Paranormal Shifter Series
Publisher: Earth Wise Books
Date of Publication: 8/31/2021
ASIN: B09956JTJ1
Number of pages: 178
Word Count: 26,380

Tagline: "The Awakening" begins the saga of a female shifter named, Eliza.

Book Description: 

Eliza is a simple and uncomplicated young woman.  She enjoys the outdoors, is good with animals, and, like most young women her age, loves to party and have fun.  When she meets a sexy man with an alluring Southern drawl, she has no idea that he is involved in a world that she is yet to know, but is her legacy.  Like it or not.

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Excerpt

It felt like someone was swinging a hammer against the inside of Eliza’s skull.  The early morning dew caused a damp muskiness on the earth that blended with the mold and dust that burrowed beneath the thick layer of leaves where she lay her aching burden; assaulting her nose and adding to her misery.  Her chocolate colored eyes felt pinned shut, but her hearing was abnormally acute.  By the sounds around her, she sensed her surroundings were familiar ones.  If she was correct, she was near the small cave that was nestled in a knoll that began the acres of woods at the far end of her family’s farm.  It was a place that she’d discovered at a young age and had frequented whenever she required alone time.  Her surroundings weren’t the greater mystery.  How she got there was.

As her faculties returned to normal, she sat up and realized that how she got there wasn’t the biggest mystery after all.  It was superseded by the fact that she hadn’t a stitch of clothing on.

None of this made sense. How did she get there and what happened to her clothes?

Straining her mind, she reached into the fog for a replay of the night before.  She’d gone with her best friend, Reba, to a newly opened dance club. The place was packed, and dance partners were plentiful.  The exertion from dancing combined with the excessive body heat made the air feel so stifling as to be practically unbearable.  She remembered stepping outside for a bit of fresh air.  Did Reba join her?  She struggled to remember, but the visions in her head showed very little.

Squeezing her eyes shut almost to the point that it hurt, she forced her mind to function.  She needed to remember the chain of events that led to her waking up naked in a field at the edge of the woods.  Had she gone home from the club and sleepwalked?  Or had something sinister occurred?  She just didn’t know.


My Review:

A whole new world is about to be opened for Eliza. A world that is going to turn her's upside down in more ways than one. Strange things have been happening to Eliza lately. Things that she can’t remember the next morning. She wakes up, not in her bed but close to home with not a stitch of clothing on. The closes she had on the night before are nowhere to be found.

Eliza overhears her mom and dad talking. They are keeping something from her and she has no idea what that could be. Could her lapse in memory have anything to do with their discussions? For that matter could the fact that she wakes up naked be a part of it? Eliza has so many unanswered questions. Will she soon find the answers she needs?

Eliza: The Awakening may be a short read but it sure packs a big punch. The characters are all very memorable and likable. Eliza: The Awakening is a fun little read that will hold your attention for the duration because once you pick it up you won’t be able to lay it down until you have read the last page. I was drawn in from the first page wondering what was going on with Eliza myself although I did have a good idea as to what was happening to her with the reference about a werewolf curse at the beginning.

I would recommend Eliza: The Awakening to all fans of werewolves and the paranormal world! One-click your copy of Eliza: The Awakening today for a great adventure into Eliza’s world of werewolves!

 

About the Author:

Eileen Sheehan primarily writes hot, steamy romances (mostly New Adult) with a sexy male and strong female. A few are steamier than others (see their description). The majority of her novels are paranormal, but some are just plain novels about people in love (contemporary or historical with the author name of Ailene Frances). ALL of her stories have a bit of naughtiness, some excitement, a few thrills, and maybe a touch of mystery mixed in with sometimes naughty, sometimes sweet lovin'. She strives to write a novel length that will allow the busy woman to be able to sit down in an evening or two and be taken on a romantic journey without having a week go by before she gets to the end of the story.

An incurable romantic, she has a love affair with at least one of her characters... one book at a time. She hopes the same thing happens to you.




1 comments:

pippirose said...

Thanks for the great excerpt! The book sounds fascinating. Love the beautiful cover!